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Florida Pricing Higher Education Beyond Reach of Floridians? And What's Causing Algae Outbreaks in Florida?

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Tags: algae, David Guest, Santa Fe River, Caloosahatchee, Bruce Nissen, RISEP, WMNF, Rob Lorei

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today well talk about corporations trying to make it easier to pollute Florida’s freshwater rivers, lakes and springs. We’ll also talk about the burden of the high cost of education here in Florida. But first, two listener comments about yesterday’s program. Yesterday we talked about the militarization and heavy surveillance that accompanied the Republican National Convention four years ago in St. Paul Minnesota. Here’s wha...

Agae Blooms Hurting More Florida Waterways

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Tags: slime, algae, Florida, Jim Weeks. floridapolitic.com, St. John's River, Caloosahatchee, Suwanee River

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei.

Yesterday the AP reported: "Three environmental groups sued the Army Corps of Engineers, the state and a water management district Monday over smelly, slimy green algae blooms that have been polluting the Caloosahatchee River in southwest Florida.

The lawsuit in U.S. District Court here alleges the corps is violating state and South Florida Water Management District regulations by diverting water that should be going into the river...

Tampa City Council looks at fertilizer ordinance's economic impact listen

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Tags: fertilizer ordinance, fertilizer ban, Phil Compton, Sierra Club, Tampa City Council, algae, algae blooms

Today the Tampa City Council took another look at the economic impact of a ban on the sale of fertilizers containing nitrogen and phosphorus. Fertilizer companies are still trying to have their say.

Fertilizer companies have been asking the City of Tampa to consider making exceptions for their products. Jan McLean is on the city’s legal team, and asked the city to consider an exception in the ordinance for fertilizers used only on edible plant...

Environmentalists seek summer ban on lawn fertilizer

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Tags: fertilizers, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, seagrass, nitrogen pollution, Hillsborough County Commission, algae, Hillsborough EPC

Some local governments are trying to ban lawn fertilizing in the summer months. Runoff from lawns pollutes the bays, rivers , streams and lakes. Tomorrow, the Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission will discuss the issue in a workshop.

Joining us now, Phil Compton, Regional Representative in the Sierra Club Florida Regional Office and Cathy Harrelson, chair of the Sierra Club’s Coastal Task Force.

Tampa Bay Estuary Program’s model recommendations went to all local ...